I came up playing gospel music in church and had a strong love for Straight-Ahead Jazz as well. So my desire has always been to be able to bind gospel music and jazz together. It all belongs to HIM anyway. -Q. Fowler
Review: ALL ABOUT JAZZ
Introducing Quamon Fowler
Quamon Fowler | Self Published
Fort Worth Native Quamon Fowler detours through South Louisiana and provides a funky soulful set of originals. Quamon Fowler, student of the renowned jazz teacher Dr. Alvin Batiste at Southern University of Baton Rouge, steps out into the electrons with a contemporary jazz/neo-Hard Bop offering inIntroducing Quamon Fowler. This maiden voyage is populated with smartly constructed, hook-filled compositions that showcase Fowler's tightly-focused, ultra-dense tone contrasted against the ethereal back drop of Arlington Jones' Fender Rhodes and/or Joey Carter's vibraphone. Fowler is well-schooled in Hard Bop as well as R&B. His playing betrays only a small nod to John Coltrane, choosing instead a more Michael Brecker meets David Sanborn direction. Introducing... is what Hard Bop would sound like had it waited 40 years to be born. "Eternal Moments" and "Inner Me" are the best of the lot, but the lot are all mighty fine. Fowler's blues playing is well represented on "D-Town Blues", which expand the definition of that old 12-bar format in a most enjoyable and unexpected way. A fine young talent deserving of greater recognition.
This critic's only hope would be that a label, any label, would pick up Mr. Fowler and nurture his talent.
~ C. Michael Bailey
www.allaboutjazz.com
Album Info:
This cd was recorded in the summer of 2000 at Aiden Audio in Arlington, TX.
Personel:
Quamon Fowler: tenor & soprano saxophone
Doug Berry: guitar
Arlington Jones: fendor rhodes
Bob Deboo: bass
Joey Carter: vibes & drums
Jason Thomas: drums
All songs composed by Quamon Fowler.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.quamonfowler.com
Track List:
1. Eternal Moments
2. Momma's Love
3. Inner Me
4. D - Town Blues
5. That Magical Feeling
6. Quiet Steps
Other Genres:
Review: ALL ABOUT JAZZ
Introducing Quamon Fowler
Quamon Fowler | Self Published
Fort Worth Native Quamon Fowler detours through South Louisiana and provides a funky soulful set of originals. Quamon Fowler, student of the renowned jazz teacher Dr. Alvin Batiste at Southern University of Baton Rouge, steps out into the electrons with a contemporary jazz/neo-Hard Bop offering inIntroducing Quamon Fowler. This maiden voyage is populated with smartly constructed, hook-filled compositions that showcase Fowler's tightly-focused, ultra-dense tone contrasted against the ethereal back drop of Arlington Jones' Fender Rhodes and/or Joey Carter's vibraphone. Fowler is well-schooled in Hard Bop as well as R&B. His playing betrays only a small nod to John Coltrane, choosing instead a more Michael Brecker meets David Sanborn direction. Introducing... is what Hard Bop would sound like had it waited 40 years to be born. "Eternal Moments" and "Inner Me" are the best of the lot, but the lot are all mighty fine. Fowler's blues playing is well represented on "D-Town Blues", which expand the definition of that old 12-bar format in a most enjoyable and unexpected way. A fine young talent deserving of greater recognition.
This critic's only hope would be that a label, any label, would pick up Mr. Fowler and nurture his talent.
~ C. Michael Bailey
www.allaboutjazz.com
Album Info:
This cd was recorded in the summer of 2000 at Aiden Audio in Arlington, TX.
Personel:
Quamon Fowler: tenor & soprano saxophone
Doug Berry: guitar
Arlington Jones: fendor rhodes
Bob Deboo: bass
Joey Carter: vibes & drums
Jason Thomas: drums
All songs composed by Quamon Fowler.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.quamonfowler.com
Track List:
1. Eternal Moments
2. Momma's Love
3. Inner Me
4. D - Town Blues
5. That Magical Feeling
6. Quiet Steps
Other Genres: